Alden Election Notice Posted for Two Harbors; Conflicting Wisconsin Materials

Alden Township (in the Two Harbors area of Lake County) posted a formal notice, published Feb. 20, 2026, announcing its annual election and meeting of officers. The notice identifies Alden Town Hall at 7404 Laine Road, Two Harbors, MN 55616, as the meeting location; the published item provided by municipal sources truncates the invitation after the phrase “invites qualified,” leaving the meeting date and officeholder details absent from the available text.

A separate municipal fragment reads, “Notice is hereby given to the qualified voters of the Town of Alden, County of St. Louis, and State of Minnesota, that the Annual Election of Town Officers,” creating a direct county-level conflict in the Minnesota materials. One source places the town in Lake County near Two Harbors, while the Northshorejournal fragment explicitly names St. Louis County; neither source in the record supplies the complete legal notice text or the election date and time needed to reconcile that discrepancy.

Distinct and more complete election material appears to originate from a Wisconsin municipal page for a Town of Alden. That page carries the heading “PARTISAN PRIMARY ELECTION TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2024” and includes absentee-voting language and a local contact: “Bradley Bearson- 715-248-7859” and a mailing address of “183 155th Street, Star Prairie, Wi 54026.” The Wisconsin page also states, “No in-person absentee voting may occur on the day before the election,” and that “The municipal clerk will deliver voted ballots returned on or before Election Day to the proper polling place or counting location before the polls close on August 13th, 2024. Any ballots received after the polls close will not be counted.” The same page lists a specific in-person slot: “Friday August 9th, 2024, between the hours of 12:00 pm and 5:00 pm.”

The combined record establishes three verifiable facts and two areas requiring confirmation. Verifiable facts: a Feb. 20, 2026 posting identifies Alden Town Hall, 7404 Laine Road, Two Harbors, MN 55616; the Northshorejournal fragment names “Town of Alden, County of St. Louis, and State of Minnesota”; and the Townofaldenwi materials include an August 13, 2024 partisan primary schedule, absentee deadlines, Bradley Bearson’s 715-248-7859 contact line, and the Star Prairie, WI mailing address. Outstanding items that must be confirmed before voters can rely on the notice include which “Alden” entity issued the Feb. 20, 2026 posting, whether that Alden falls in Lake County or St. Louis County, and the full published text that contains the election date, time, and offices to be filled.

Because the Wisconsin page contains a Star Prairie, WI address and a 715 area code while the Minnesota notices reference Two Harbors, the documents should not be conflated. Resolving the Lake County versus St. Louis County discrepancy and obtaining the complete Feb. 20, 2026 legal notice are necessary steps to ensure polling locations, absentee deadlines, and candidate filings are correctly communicated to voters in and around Two Harbors.